Bibliograph

Absolutely everything!, a history of Earth, dinosaurs, rulers, robots and other things too numerous to mention, Christopher Lloyd

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Absolutely everything!, a history of Earth, dinosaurs, rulers, robots and other things too numerous to mention, Christopher Lloyd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340- 342) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Absolutely everything!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1018018394

Responsibility statement

Christopher Lloyd

Sub title

a history of Earth, dinosaurs, rulers, robots and other things too numerous to mention

Summary

"How was our universe made from a tiny speck of energy? Where did the first trees, plants, animals and humans come from? What happened to the dinosaurs? What was so miserable about medieval times? How were railroads and electricity invented? What are the perils of global warming? You might have many big questions about our planet, life and people. Embark on an entertaining journey across millennia and continents with this captivating book by Christopher Lloyd, author of the bestselling What on Earth Happened."--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Nothing to something (13.8 billion-450 million years ago) -- Land ho! (470 mya-252 mya) -- Dinosaurs (252 mya-5 mya) -- Hands free (5 mya-65,000 years ago) -- You and me (200,000 years ago-5000 BCE) -- Civilization begins (5000-1500 BCE) -- Meanwhile, in Asia (3000-200 BCE) -- Rise and fall (1400 BCE-476 CE) -- Meanwhile, in the Americas (1500 BCE-1530 CE) -- Invention connection (570-1279 CE) -- Medieval misery (476-1526 CE) -- Going global (1415-1621) -- Revolutions all around (1543-1905) -- World at war (1845-1945) -- To be continued (1945-present)

Target audience

juvenile

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Creator